Hmmm, the iPad isn’t out officially for the masses just yet, but it has already undergone a hack job thanks to developer Jonathan E. Vi. He apparently managed to rig it to be powered by Apple’s ancient Newton OS that was used to run Apple’s own personal notes assistant (PDA) from the early 1990s. Of course, that isn’t a full OS per se since it runs on a Newton emulator app, where the iPad’s display will automatically change to that muted green color alongside dim gray text and beloved old Mac fonts. No word on whether the App Store will approve of that, but it does bring back memories of one of the rare failures from Apple.

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RAmos continues riding the High Definition (HD) wave with its latest portable media player (PMP), the T7+. that model does not only handle 720p but 1080p playback, it can additionally do its bit in preserving your favorite memories as they happen in 720p HD video. Other specifications include a 7” display at 800 × 480 resolution, HDMI out and support for a plethora of audio and video file formats, including MKV and H.264 for your viewing joy. There is no word on pricing or availability though, but don’t expect it to break any records when it comes to its retail price.

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Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for the Olympus SP-800 UZ, where it will take anywhere from three to five weeks to construct its way to your doorstep. The entire $349 package will comprise of the camera itself, a high-capacity battery, a mini tripod, a lens cleaning kit and an USB card reader. As for the camera, it boasts a superior 30x optical zoom, a 14-megapixel sensor for crystal clear images, dual image stabilization, the ability to record your memories in 720p video, AF tracking, face detection and a 3″ LCD display. Any takers?

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We would have thought that a company like HP would concentrate more on printers as well as computers, but here’s news that they are rolling out a new camcorder for folks who want more than just still images as memories. The HP V1020h is a stylish pocket camcorder that shoots 720p video, featuring an integrated USB connector, a HDMI port, 128MB of integrated memory and an SDHC memory card slot to further augment it. Expect the HP V1020h to retail for a relatively affordable $109 as it hits the market sometime that summer – at that price point, whether it includes all the higher end functions like anti-shake and image stabilization, we’re stoked.

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Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010 which will be held at Barcelona, Spain, next week is the platform where Inbrics announces its new Android-powered MID M1 which will come with a 3.7″ AMOLED touchscreen display alongside a slide-out QWERTY keyboard just in case dealing with a virtual keyboard is just not your cup of tea. Of course, you get the entire range of connectivity options that most of us take for granted these days, including Wi-Fi, GPS support, Bluetooth, 3G or WiMAX. Apart from that, there is a 3-megapixel camera to capture your impromptu memories on the go, a front-facing VGA camera for video calls, 16GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card slot. The Inbrics M1 doubles up as a phone and a media controller for multiple devices, and we are still wary on how well that will sell. We believe a lot of it will hinge on the price point, so let us wait until Inbrics rolls it out to the mass market officially that year or early 2011.

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Rewind your memories and see whether you remember CueCat – a bar cipher reader that supposedly connects magazine readers with digital material. Never heard of it? That’s OK – Microsoft ought to do a better job promoting its upcoming Microsoft Tag, which could very well be CueCat reincarnated (a cat has nine lives after all, doesn’t it?). Microsoft Tag keeps up with the times, however, by doing away with the need for a tag, but it does require your cellphone to have a camera in order to scan a specific bar cipher, allowing digital composition to seem on the phone itself after doing so. Such tags can be placed in magazines, newspapers, business cards, products as well as large outdoor signs, making it the hyperlink in the physical realm. No notion on how Microsoft will monetize Tag, but it will remain free at the moment until they figure something out. For more context, check out the YouTube video above.

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Do you expanded for the good ol’ days, where you were playing games like Street Fighter II (SFII)? You may not have those consoles in your home anymore, but you could always pick up one of these key chains from Bandai, shaped in the profile of a NES controller. The cute part is, whether you press a combination such as down, down, right, right + punch, it’ll give off the sound effect of the corresponding move in the game. There are 3 key chains for SFII, giving off different sound effects for characters from the game. According to Bandai, listening to sounds from your favorite game makes you feel happy (though we’re not certain whether you feel that way). It’s currently retailing for 888 Yen ($10) in Japan.

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Guess TVs aren’t the only things that are taking the OLED route these days, as Samsung has plans to unveil its latest 700Z Digital Photo Frame at CES that year. that model will boast a 7″ AMOLED display alongside 4GB of internal memory to hold all of your favorite memories. As with any good digital photo frame should act these days, video playback is additionally supported alongside Bluetooth connectivity. You plus get a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio to go along with that beauty.

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Who would have thought that your regular LED-powered flashlight could actually double up as a spy camera? The camera module is located right smack in the middle of the LED flashlight, although we’re not too certain what kind of movie quality you end up with when the flashlight is shining brighter than the star which shone above Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. Given specifications include the ability to shoot videos in VGA quality at 30fps and phoros in 1,600 x 1,200 resolution, with 2GB of internal memory to back up all your memories while a microSDHC memory card slot helps augment its storage capacity even further.

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JVC has unleashed yet another HD camcorder onto the masses – the Everio GZ-HD620 which is touted to be the smallest and lightest of its kind in the world, boasting an integrated hard drive while tipping the scales at a pocket-friendly 270 grams. Capable of recording your favorite memories in full HD resolution, the Everio GZ-HD620 is equipped with AVCHD support, 2-channel Dolby Digital audio, a 3.32 megapixel CMOS sensor, 30x optical zoom and 200x digital zoom, a 2.7″ LCD display, a microSD/SDHC memory card slot, a solitary USB 2.0 port and HDMI out – now how about that for connectivity? Expect the JVC Everio GZ-HD620 to retail for $1,240 in Japan, where one can choose from a wide range of colors. No concept on whether that puppy will compose its way across the Pacific or not.

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